Canada is considered to be a multicultural country with a long history of cultural
diversity. Yet in the field of landscape architecture, we have been shying away from this facet of
society, perhaps due to the politically correct movement or other concerns, and focussing more
on environmental issues. This thesis proposes a multicultural approach to landscape design,
taking into consideration such issues as cultural diversity, federal multiculturalism, grassroots
multiculturalism, narrative, history, sublimation, cultural forms, ethnicity, etc. After historical
research about cultural diversity and multiculturalism in Canada and a precedent study of
multicultural landscape design, these issues are implemented in the landscape design of a
greenway system, specifically t he Ontario-Carrall Greenway System. The greenway has four
significant nodes: Old Arrival, Multicultural Theatre, Fig Garden and New Arrival. All of these
nodes incorporate multicultural, sublimated forms that unite diverse cultures, while the greenway
itself interweaves physically and culturally diverse sites within a framework of multicultural
landscape design.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/12238 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Sim, Sung Ae |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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